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An illustration depicting Tom Thumb fending off a small dog with his cane, to the apparent amusement of an adult crowd in a parlor.
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Title: Fight Between Gen. Tom Thumb And the Queen's Poodle
From: Sketch Of The Life, Personal Appearance, Character And Manners Of Charles S. Stratton, The Man In Miniature, Known As General Tom Thumb, And His Wife, Lavinia Warren Stratton; Including The History Of Their Courtship And Marriage, With Some Account Of Remarkable Dwarfs, Giants, & Other Human Phenomena, Of Ancient And Modern Times, And Songs Given At Their Public Levees
Original caption: "Running under the circumstances, was an offense sufficiently heinous to excite the indignation of the Queen's favorite poodle-dog, and he vented his displeasure by barking so sharply as to startle the General from his propriety."
Creator:  Whitney, 8 Jocelyn St. (engraver)
Date: 1863
Format: Illustration
Publisher: Press of Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, New York
Source: Robert Bogdan Collection
Keywords: Charles Stratton, Tom Thumb; Employment; England; Entertainment; Entertainment, Leisure & Recreation; Exhibits; Labor; Lavinia Warren; Marriage; Media; Phineas T. Barnum; Physical Disability; Popular Culture; Publicity; Queen Victoria; Short Stature; Travel
Topics: Mass Media, Culture & The Arts


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